The Vida Libre team

Psychologist and Coach

Dr Coletta Damm

Coletta read psychology and trained in psychoanalysis, before further training in client-centred and Gestalt therapy, hypnotherapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). Alongside several years in industry, she has spent 36 years advising leaders and their teams across business, higher education and politics, and supporting clients through personal and professional crises. She has lectured internationally, including for CEWS at the University of Bonn. Vida Libre grew out of her initiative and remains close to her heart.

• —Coaching through conflict and life crises
• —Recovery from alcohol dependency
• —Practical leadership and team development
• —Intercultural and interfaith collaboration

Project Director

Olivia Carina Damm

Olivia grew up between Germany and Spain. She read International Relations, Politics and Arabic at the University of Edinburgh (BA) and the University of Oxford (MPhil). After working internationally in education, social initiatives and intercultural dialogue, she returned to Mallorca, qualified as a yoga teacher and took over the leadership of Vida Libre in 2021. She is currently completing an MSc in Psychology at Northumbria University and also accompanies guests through equine-assisted work.

Coach and Clinical Psychologist

Julia McElheney

Julia studied psychology in Austria and qualified as a clinical and health psychologist. She has worked as a forensic psychologist, lectured at the University of Vienna and the Sigmund Freud Institute, and headed the psychological service of Vienna's youth justice support system. She later trained as a systemic family therapist and ran her own psychotherapy practice. Dependency has always been a focus of her work. Julia joined Vida Libre in autumn 2021.

Doctor

Dr Karolin Hundt

Karolin has lived and worked in Mallorca for ten years and previously practised as a doctor in Germany, Switzerland, Canada and the United States. Her patients value her 25 years of clinical experience as much as her accepting, empathetic manner.

Registered Nurse

Rebecca Erb

If medically supervised detoxification is needed at the start of your stay, Rebecca is close at hand and reachable at any time. Where required, she monitors your vital signs — blood pressure, pulse and breathing — throughout.

Massage Therapist

Ancke Kohlschmidt

Ancke has accompanied people through her restorative massage work for more than 25 years. Guests often tell us they are surprised by how much tension releases. Her practice draws on TouchLife holistic massage, Hawaiian bodywork, aquatic bodywork and Aqua Wellness, reflexology and IDL practitioner training after Dr Joseph Dillard, alongside many years at the Toskana-World thermal spa in Bad Sulza.

Personal Trainer

Toni Mayol

After specialising in sport at college, Toni trained across a range of disciplines with a focus on individual health-oriented training and group activity, and competed successfully in triathlon, particularly cycle racing, where he also holds a coaching qualification. He has run his own sports centre since 2021. Guests enjoy his sessions and value how carefully he adapts to each person.